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Post by Hezz on Feb 13, 2017 7:36:05 GMT
Crackers is my new friend - he is not mine, though (just to set the record straight). Crackers is a long-billed corella, and I went just now to take a photo of him, but OH and #2 son have the camera!!! ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png) #2 son is on his way to start uni at the beginning of next week. Crackers is with me for only a few days this time, with the option of me becoming his foster family every month or so, for up to a week, as his owner travels a fair bit and his wife doesn't do 6am mornings with Crackers. I have a couple of photos on my phone, but don't know how to get them from there to here. ![;-|](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/squint.png) He is big - a bit heavier than a sulphur-crested cockatoo, with a wildly wicked beak which I have felt I figure gently, because I still have my finger/knuckle. ![(rofl)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/rofl.png) We are still sussing each other out, but really he is a sweetie; I just have to learn to read him. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by Hezz on Feb 13, 2017 7:50:24 GMT
Edit to say, he is full of pinnies at the moment so we have had a few good head and beyond scratching sessions. He did use his beak on me then as well, I told him he had to be gentle or no more scratches .... I think he got the message! And he loves his grass, same as what the budgies get ........ they don't seem fazed by his noise, either, which is great! I thought they might have been. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Shirls on Feb 13, 2017 8:31:44 GMT
Oooh can't wait to see pictures Hezz. How lovely to have a Crackers visit to stay, every so often. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Crackers
Feb 13, 2017 8:44:01 GMT
via mobile
Post by jellybean on Feb 13, 2017 8:44:01 GMT
Same here. Look forward to the pictures Hezz.
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Post by samwiseg on Feb 13, 2017 8:46:40 GMT
That is interesting! Looking forward to seeing Crackers ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) I must admit, I did think your thread title was applicable since that you were posting it! ![(rofl)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/rofl.png)
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Post by Hezz on Feb 13, 2017 10:08:27 GMT
That is interesting! Looking forward to seeing Crackers ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) I must admit, I did think your thread title was applicable since that you were posting it! ![(rofl)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/rofl.png) ![>:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/superangry.png) Brat!!! ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) Crackers will be back with his own family before the camera comes home, so you will have to wait until the next visit ..... I really do hope there will be another visit. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by skysmum on Feb 13, 2017 19:05:37 GMT
Never heard of one of these so had a Google ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) . WOW that beak looks dangerous Hezz ![;-|](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/squint.png) . Lovely birdy though ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Crackers
Feb 13, 2017 21:33:22 GMT
via mobile
Post by ffiscool on Feb 13, 2017 21:33:22 GMT
I thought the title meant food, lol
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Post by Hezz on Feb 14, 2017 7:59:06 GMT
Never heard of one of these so had a Google ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) . WOW that beak looks dangerous Hezz ![;-|](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/squint.png) . Lovely birdy though ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) The beak is a weapon, that's for sure. And I probably have been a little wary of it, in all honesty. I don't know him, yet, and he doesn't know me. As already said, he has grabbed me with it while I have been giving him a scratch, but only once has he drawn blood. He has a habit of getting me on my index finger knuckle, where the finger starts ..... as in where he can do the most long-term damage!!!!!
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Crackers
Feb 14, 2017 8:09:16 GMT
via mobile
Post by jellybean on Feb 14, 2017 8:09:16 GMT
Is he tame with the owners Hezz, or do they too still get the occasional bite.
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Post by samwiseg on Feb 14, 2017 8:41:28 GMT
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Feb 14, 2017 9:05:30 GMT
Oh Hezz, you tease us saying that you're looking after a bird but cannot send us a photo of crackers? BOOOO! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Shirls on Feb 14, 2017 9:37:08 GMT
Just googled them myself, aren't they gorgeous looking birdies? ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by Hezz on Feb 14, 2017 9:48:13 GMT
Oh Hezz, you tease us saying that you're looking after a bird but cannot send us a photo of crackers? BOOOO! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) All right smarty-pants, how do I get photos from phone to computer? And if it takes more than two steps, I am lost!!!! ![(rofl)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/rofl.png)
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Post by jellybean on Feb 14, 2017 9:51:04 GMT
You can post them to the forum from your phone Hezz. Just go to "Desktop" mode on your phone then "add image to post".
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